Quinoline-based antimalarial hybrid compounds.

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Vandekerckhove S, D'hooghe M

Quinoline-based antimalarial hybrid compounds.

Bioorg Med Chem. 2015 Aug 15;23(16):5098-119. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.12.018. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

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Abstract

Quinoline-containing compounds, such as quinine and chloroquine, have a long-standing history as potent antimalarial agents. However, the increasing resistance of the Plasmodium parasite against these drugs and the lack of licensed malaria vaccines have forced chemists to develop synthetic strategies toward novel biologically active molecules. A strategy that has attracted considerable attention in current medicinal chemistry is based on the conjugation of two biologically active molecules into one hybrid compound. Since quinolines are considered to be privileged antimalarial building blocks, the synthesis of quinoline-containing antimalarial hybrids has been elaborated extensively in recent years. This review provides a literature overview of antimalarial hybrid molecules containing a quinoline core, covering publications between 2009 and 2014.

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